Beginners:
Drivers who competed in their first ever autotest after 1st January 2017 and have not previously won the Overall Beginners Championship

Novices:
Graduates from the Beginner class
People with very limited competition experience as decided by the committee
Maximum of 3 years permitted as a Novice
Winning the Overall Novice Championship automatically promotes you to the Intermediate Class, the following year

Intermediates:
Graduates from the Novice class
People who have appeared in the Novice class of the TDC Club championship table in 3 or more of the last 5 years
No limit to the length of time you might compete in this class
1st & 2nd finishers in the Overall 2019 Intermetiate Championship will be automatically promoted to the Expert Class in 2020

Experts:
Competitors who have appeared in the Semi-expert / Expert class of the TDC Club championship table in previous years
Competitors who are, or have been classed as Experts or Semi-Experts in the Hewison or Northern Ireland Autotest Championships
Previous winners of the Overall Intermediate Championship

Points for each event will be awarded, for each of the drivers’ categories based on the positions in the overall results, as follows:

20 Points for the Winner, 19 Points for 2nd, 18 Points for 3rd, 17 Points for 4th, etc down to 1 Point for 20th place.

Production Car Trials;

Cars with Limited Slip Diffentials will be penalised by 1.5 marks per section, on top of their actual score, to a maximum of 10 per section. Drivers of these cars can score for the Club Championship in these rounds.

Best 9 results to count out of 12 or more events held
Best 8 results to count out of 10 or 11 events held
Best 7 results to count out of 8 or 9 events held
Best 6 results to count out of 7 or less events held

*Autotest Championship
Best 4 results in Autotest Championship to count

It is not permissible to win the Premier Award in the Beginners’ Autotest Championship more than once.